It turned out that her brother’s gay. She then acknowledged that gays are actually human beings.

Whatta “bloated bag of protoplasm.”

Ya gotta love an anti-Marxist who owns a large collection of Soviet art in his home.

I had the opposite reaction - I grew sympathetic to the Antelopers who stood up against an increasingly sociopathic despot and won. The former town councilman had a great line in the final episode where he compared the ranch site’s former owners to today’s Christian teen retreat: “They’re good neighbors. At least they…

I disagree, the documentary was pretty critical of the Rajneeshee early in the series. That slant could be seen in the production values where most of the interviews with their members are dimly lit and feature ominous music. Sheela was interviewed in a room that had so such shadowy lighting that she resembled a…

Well, he helped create a stoner comedy for kids.

Who knew that Ricky in “Better Off Dead” would have gone to high places? Yes kids, Hollywood producers felt that a sword fight involving skis was hil-ar-ious back in the 80's.

All I remember of that show was their Special Episode where the class visits the Soviet Union and wag their fingers at the locals.

It’s interesting that sauerkraut is now being marketed as a “probiotic” health food at supermarkets. But still, German American restaurant cuisine hasn’t really evolved since the late 19th century. You still have your golden oldies of schnitzel, brats, pretzels, goulash, and sauerbraten - all of which, generally…

The Tooth & Nail label has a high batting average, especially if you’re talking about their 90's records. MxPx is one of the better Christian punk bands.

Quite a few of his old interviews from his golden days were a chore to read. Lots of drunk rambling there.

Well, at least this article did not dare declare the Strokes to be Velvet Underground of the 00's (as what so many bloody hack critics declared back in the day).

From what I’ve read, they simply ran a mic through a practice guitar amp for that “dirty” sound. I always thought the vocals sounded like they were recorded on a dusty answering machine.

I had a Russian roommate in college who grew up during the Soviet days and he recalled that many of his fellow civilians loved to snicker at the Soviet government’s propaganda. He said there were regular “Worker of the Month” honors and the winners were given a tiny apartment- my roommate said that everyone knew it…

My first Waters movie was “Polyester” when Comedy Central aired that movie at least once a week during a summer. That was back when they didn’t have much programming and so they resorted to rerunning trashy comedies as well as MST3K and “Who’s Line is It Anyway?” Good Gawd, Polyester was a creepy movie, (although the…

I recall that “Hairspray” was a hit among my fifth grade classmates when it premiered on network TV.

I’m glad that you brought up Adorno’s bizarre criticisms of jazz since the music didn’t fit his holy vision of “utopia.” He was a pioneering thinker in cultural studies, but he also spat out his share of gobbledygook.

Yep, always use dry sake unless you want to turn your food into an icky sweet bomb.

More awkward than Corgan interviewing MCA: